New Regulatory Learning Module Available

This fiscal year’s Regulatory Learning Module (RLM) focuses on quality management standards and the guides that support them. It is available online now in the Knowledge Centre.

This module, a mandatory component of Engineers and Geoscientists BC's Continuing Education (CE) Program, examines the nine quality management standards and explains how the corresponding quality management guides help professional registrants and registrant firms understand and meet the intent of those requirements.

“The professional reliance model depends on every registrant understanding the quality management standards and using the corresponding guides to meet their obligations,” said Harshan Radhakrishnan, P.Eng., Acting Manager of Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s Professional Practice Advice Program.

“For this reason, the standards and guides are a core part of Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s regulatory approach and are fundamental to the regulation of professional practice and the protection of the public interest, including public safety and the environment.”

The module covers standards related to:

• authentication
• retention of project documentation
• documented checks
• field reviews
• direct supervision
• independent review of structural designs
• independent review of high-risk professional activities or work
• use of professional practice guidelines
• documented risk assessments

The quality management standards were established to support Engineers and Geoscientists BC's mandate to protect the public interest by requiring documented processes that help registrants and firms manage risk and demonstrate compliance with their professional obligations.

“Together these standards and guides support a consistent approach to professional practice. They help registrants understand the risks associated with their professional activities, determine the type and extent of checks, field reviews, and independent reviews required, and clearly identify who is professionally responsible for each part of the work so that the basis for professional assurance is understood,” Radhakrishnan said.

Registrant firms must also have documented policies and procedures in their Professional Practice Management Plan that meet the quality management requirements in the bylaws and that are followed by professional registrants employed by or under contract with the firm.

Practising engineers and geoscientists must complete the new RLM during the current reporting year, which runs from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. The course is anticipated to take approximately 90 minutes, with successful completion automatically recording 1.5 CE Hours in the regulatory learning category.

Engineers and Geoscientists BC encourages eligible registrants to complete the module early to ensure they remain current on their regulatory responsibilities and quality management obligations.